If only our hearts were like our wallets, where we could take them out and thumb through the contents. God sees our hearts that clearly. He knows our passions, our intentions, our motivations, and our secrets. He even sees inside the deep folds, where our unrealized feelings and needs lie. When they came, he looked... Continue Reading →
Cleaning a Heart: Money
If the one who dies with the most toys is the winner, then we should go through life greedily, amassing as much as we can for ourselves. This appears to be our base human nature. We naturally want what pleases our eyes and our senses, but living for pleasure brings misery to one’s soul. We... Continue Reading →
Cleaning the Heart 3: The Control War
Who holds the remote control to your life? Wanting to be in control of our own lives is natural. If we control our situation, then we can make ourselves happy, right? That seems to be how people naturally act. “Don’t tell me what to do. I’ll follow my heart and find my own way.” This... Continue Reading →
Cleaning a Heart 2: Forgiveness
Once we ask God to forgive our sin, he does, and our spiritual life begins. In shaping our new life, God wants to make us holy, like he is. If you were to rescue a child from sleeping in the mud, you would never want to see that child return to that old habit. You... Continue Reading →
Keys to a Clean Heart – The First Step
Do you have peace in the deepest places inside you? Or do you know that something is wrong, but you are not sure what? Everyone is born with a broken link to the eternal. We were created to enjoy fellowship with an infinite God, but something went wrong. Until this link is patched, we are... Continue Reading →